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Mountain Mule

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18. I stepped thru the Looking Glass from the middle class

Wed Mar 8, 2017, 02:13 PM

Mar 2017

to life below the poverty line when I became disabled and lost all my savings and everything else due to medical costs, etc.

The best way to invalidate the poor is to tell us that we would be considered wealthy if we lived in the third world. Try worrying every single month about if you're going to end up in the streets because you can't pay the rent. Try being in constant fear that the electricity will be turned off at any time. Try lying awake at night considering how you will feed yourself should SNAP be abolished. Do this for month after month and year after year and see just how wealthy you feel. The Middle class is clueless when it comes to those living in poverty.

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Cracked.com: 5 Ways The Middle Class is Taught to Despise the Poor [View all] Orrex Mar 2017 OP

What is weird is that 99% of American poor would be considered middle class in another country HoneyBadger Mar 2017 #1

We are not in another country... Talk Is Cheap Mar 2017 #3

Thank you. SammyWinstonJack Mar 2017 #52

...yet. lagomorph777 Mar 2017 #57

Yes, in a third-world country like Papua New Guinea. subterranean Mar 2017 #5

What's really weird is that that's absolutely meaningless Orrex Mar 2017 #6

RWTP, that's irrelevant to the conversation and is used as a red herring on mixed and KGOP boards uponit7771 Mar 2017 #8

I doubt that HoneyBadger Mar 2017 #36

Then you're incorrect Orrex Mar 2017 #38

Indeed. Ken Burch Mar 2017 #45

What's REALLY weird is that 99% of the Milky Way galaxy would be considered poor... TygrBright Mar 2017 #12

Those slackers in the Virgo Cluster could stand to work harder. Orrex Mar 2017 #14

You rationalize a creative pretense. LanternWaste Mar 2017 #13

Siiiiiiigggggghhhhhhhh . . . . HughBeaumont Mar 2017 #16

What else is "weird" is that the minimum wage TexasBushwhacker Mar 2017 #17

Thanks for adding a "#6" for the article. bullwinkle428 Mar 2017 #23

LOL nicely done. n/t trotsky Mar 2017 #32

Nice. ck4829 Mar 2017 #48

Sounds like something one of the Koch brothers would say. tenderfoot Mar 2017 #33

Try it for yourself IronLionZion Mar 2017 #35

Which country? ck4829 Mar 2017 #49

India, China, Mexico and Cuba are pretty well known HoneyBadger Mar 2017 #58

Again, that's irrelevant, as has been pointed out several times. Orrex Mar 2017 #60

Kick for the visibility The Polack MSgt Mar 2017 #2

K&R. dchill Mar 2017 #4

Sad Johnny2X2X Mar 2017 #7

#4 needs to be kicked out of our minds ck4829 Mar 2017 #50

K&R Thank you! It is an excellent article. Solly Mack Mar 2017 #9

When you don't have money in the U.S., you're entire life is about obtaining it. Yavin4 Mar 2017 #10

Sad but true Orrex Mar 2017 #11

Pretty sure the solution isn't tax cuts for the obscenely wealthy at the expense of everyone else. SammyWinstonJack Mar 2017 #53

The sad part is that the Republican drones believe it too Orrex Mar 2017 #54

Great article! Thank you! flygal Mar 2017 #15

You're welcome! Orrex Mar 2017 #19

I stepped thru the Looking Glass from the middle class Mountain Mule Mar 2017 #18

I'm sorry to hear about your horrible situation! Orrex Mar 2017 #21

What you describe is not trivial at all Mountain Mule Mar 2017 #31

You're absolutely right Orrex Mar 2017 #39

That's a huge an inaccurate generalization. George II Mar 2017 #20

No, it's not. And there is more that was not mentioned. raging moderate Mar 2017 #29

FYI, toilet paper is free Nevernose Mar 2017 #42

Cracked is an under-rated site, IMO. BobTheSubgenius Mar 2017 #22

I should add that that the conclusion of my post is meant... BobTheSubgenius Mar 2017 #24

I agree! Orrex Mar 2017 #28

I see your point about the article's first example... Orrex Mar 2017 #26

Guilty as charged TexasBushwhacker Mar 2017 #25

It's a shitty deal, made all the more shitty by society's denial of responsibility Orrex Mar 2017 #27

What would you do? oldcynic Mar 2017 #30

Strong points Orrex Mar 2017 #34

Even weirder are the people who grew up poor, became middle class/rich and now hate poor people Zing Zing Zingbah Mar 2017 #37

Really? Dr. Strange Mar 2017 #40

I don't care to be judged by you or your oval face, you worm-rider wannabe Orrex Mar 2017 #44

"Wormrider Wannabees" is another good band name. Ken Burch Mar 2017 #46

Closer than you think to losing it all Johnny2X2X Mar 2017 #41

Losing it all - how many of us have seen fundraisers for medical bills? sharedvalues Mar 2017 #43

I wonder *why* this is ck4829 Mar 2017 #47

GREAT article! Brainstormy Mar 2017 #51

OK you talked me into it! It's staying in my heart & head! Kittycow Mar 2017 #55

The Republicans think the Middle Class starts at an income level MineralMan Mar 2017 #56

Number 2 resonates the most for me. ananda Mar 2017 #59